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JOHN H. PATTERSON, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,982, dated May 26, 1891.

Application filed May '7, 1889. Serial No. 309,875. (No model.)

To aZ? whom it may concern: the wheels of the lower bank being operated 1 3e it knownthat 1, JOHN H. PATTERSON, a by dogs upon their corresponding keys. citizen of the United States, residing at Day- E are the tablets, carried upon vertical rods ton, in the county of Montgomery and State supported in guides and resting on the rear 5 5 of Ohio, have invented certain new and useends of the keys, and arranged to be exposed ful Improvements in Cash Registers and Into view through glass-covered openings in the oicators, of which the followingis a full, clear, upper part of the case and to be held up by and exact description,reference being had to a supporting-bar actuated by the vibrating the accompanying drawings, forming part of bar and engaging shoulders on said rods; 60

I0 this specification. and F, the gong, whose hammer is actuated My invention relates more particularly to whenever anykey is operated,allin the usual that class of cash registers and indicators or any suitable manner, and as will be readwhich are provided with printing attachments ily understood. for printing the value of an operated key Secured to one end of the case Ais a shaft 6 upon a ticket or check when such key is op- G, extending at right angles to the side of the erated to register and indicate its value; and ease and having removably journaled thereit consists in the combination, with such a maon, by means of a cap-screw f, a spool or reel chine, of a ticket or check feeding and carry- H, containing the paper check or ticket-ribing attachment which is automatically aetubon I. Likewise secured upon the same side 2o ated by the operation of the keys to feed out of the case is a frame composed of .two parthe checks or tickets as desired. Its novelty allel plates g h, connected by tie-rods e' j, and Will be herein set forth, and specificallypointhaving journaled between them at the front ed out in the claims. end of the frame two shafts 7c and I, one di- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, reetly over the other. Secured upon the shafts 7 5 25 Sheet 1, is a front elevation of aoash register It I are rubber rollers m m in frictional eonand indicator embodying my invention, and tact with each other. The shaft 7.; has se- With the upper and front portions of the case cured near its end next to the plate 9 a small removed. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a sectional plan pinion n, with which a larger pinion o, jourview of the same, with all the mechanism withnaled loosely upon the tie-rod j, meshes. The

3 in the case and above the keys and vibrating outer face of the pinion ohas projecting from frame removed. Fig. 3, Sheet 3, is a side eleit equidistant stop-pins p, of which there are vation of the complete machine. Fig. 4, Sheet in this instance five, and the inner hub of 3, is adetail front elevation of the ticket-feedsaid pinion is a ratchet (1.

ing mechanism in rear of the feeding-rolls. Secured to orintegral with the vibrating 35 Fig. 5, Sheet 3, is a detail rear elevation of bar 0 or its side arm e is a rod J, extending the same. out through a slot in the side of the case and The same letters of reference are used to projecting directly over the top of the pinion indicate identical parts in all the figures. 0. This arm has hung upon it a gravitating A is the case or cabinet; B, the operatingor spring-pressed deg K, extending down be- 4 keys, pivoted as at a upon atransverse shaft, tween the plate 9 and pinion o and engaging and having at their front ends buttons bearwith the ratchet (1. (See Figs. 3, a, and 5.) ing numbers representing the values of the Also hung upon the arm J ,j ust outside of the respective keys, and on their forward under pinion o is stop-plate L, whose lower end is sides types I), Fig. 1, operating, in connection constantly held against the rod j by a spring 9 5- 45 with an inking-ribbon c and rubber bed-plate o', in this instance coiled upon the arm J and d, to print the value of anykey operated upon bearing against the rear side of the plate. a check or ticket inserted beneath said key; The inner edge of the plate L is in close prox- C, Fig. 2, is avibratingbar extending across imity to the outer face of the disk, except at the tops of all the keys and hung byside arms its upper end, where it is cut out to form a 5 e to the key-shaft. recess .9, Figs. 4: and 5, to permit the passage D D are the two banks of registering-wheels, of the pins 1), as hereinafter explained.

The paper ribbon I is conducted from the reel II under the rods z'j, Fig. 3, between the rollers m m and out over acntter-bar or knife 25, supported between the front edges of the plates g h.

It will be seen from this construction and arrangement that when any key is operated by depressing its forward end the bar C will be lifted, carrying up with it the arms J and deg K and causing the latter to engage the ratchet-hub q of the pinion o and turn the latter a given distance, thereby rotating the roller m and feeding out the ribbon I between said roller and the roller m, and the adjustment of the parts is such that a full operation of a key will actuate the pinion 0 to rotate the roller m just far enough to feed out the ribbon I a distance corresponding to the desired length of the check or ticket to be torn therefrom.

Inasmuch as it is generally desired to have some printed matter on the checks or tickets, such as the number of each check, the name of the proprietor of the establishment, and often a direction such as Please pay cashier, this matter is printed at equal distances apart along the face of the ribbon I, and it is therefore necessary in such case that the ribbon I should be fed out between the rollers m m only the exact length of one check at each operation of a key. It is therefore desirable to provide means for positively stopping the pinion 0 at the completion of the stroke of a key, and looking it from turning the roller 17?. any farther by its own momentum, and for this purpose I employ the plate L and the pins 19, projecting from the face of the pinmu 0, which co-operate with each other to accomplish the desired result in the following manner: hen the parts are at rest, as shown in Figs. 1, b, and 4:, the pin 19, which is, then uppermost on the pinion 0,is immediately in rear of the recess 8 in the plate L, so that when a key is operated and the pinion 0 begins to turn this pin moves forward through said recess before the rod J has lifted the plate L high enough to obstruct its passage; but be fore the next pin reaches the plate L the latter has been lifted up directly in its path and the pinion 0 is positively stopped and locked from further movement by the engagement of this pin with the plate L. The adjustment of the parts and location of the pins are such that the dog K, engaging the ratchet of the pinion 0, reaches its full-1i mitof upward movement just at the moment, or slightly before, the pin engages the plate L, so that the latter serves to lock the pinion from further movement by its own momentum, but does not stop its positive movement given by the deg K and operating-key. lVhenthe operated key is released, the dropping back of the bar 0 and rod J resets the dog K and plate L; the former reengaging with the next lower tooth of the ratchet g, and the latter being again brought to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4t to permit the next pin 1) to pass through its recess .9 upon the operation of another key.

At the beginning of operations, or after a fresh reel of checks has been applied to the machine, the ribbon I is first drawn out between the rollers an m the length of one check. This check is torn off, placed beneath the first key operated and printed with the Value of such key, while the operation of this first key actuates the feeding mechanism to feed out another check to be used with the next key operated, and so on. It will thus be seen that after the operation of the lirstkey-there is always a check projecting from between the rollers m at ready to be torn off and printed. In this manner a constant supply of checks in convenient form is maintained and they are automatically fed out one at a time by the operation of the keys.

M is a push-bar supported in aguide it upon the plate 9 and arranged when slipped back to throw and hold the dog K out of engagement with the ratchet q when for any reason it is desired to stop the feeding of the checks or tickets.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to the construction and arrangement of the particular feeding mechanism illustrated and described, but contemplates the employment of any suitable or wellknown form of such mechanism arranged to perform the same function in the combination set forth. Also, while I have described the tickets as supplied from a ticket-ribbon carried upon a reel, this being a convenient form for the ticket-supply, and the reel affording a suitable holder therefor, yet the supply of tickets may be maintained in any other convenient form and carried in any other suitable holder. 1

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim-- 1. In aeash-register, the combination, with a series of independently-ormrating keys indicating different values pivoted on fixed centers individually, of a ticket-holder supported in a fixed position andaf'eedingmechanism for the tickets common to all the operating-keys for advancing the tickets successively into convenient position to be grasped, one ticket being advanced by each successive operation of any key of the series,irrespective of its value, substantially as described.

2. In a cash-register, the combination, with a series of independent operating-keys indieating different values pivoted on fixed centers individually, of a ticket-holder supported in a fixed position, a feeding mechanism for the tickets independent of the holder, and an operatin g-bar therefor extending into proximity to all the keys of the series, whereby a ticket is fed out upon the operation of any key, irrespective of its value, substantially as described.

3. In a cash register and indicator, the combination, with the series of operating-keys and ticket-supply holder, of the ticket-feedkeys, and a pawl-and-ratchet connection be-.

tween the bar and the Wheel in gear with the feed-rollers, substantially as described.

4. In a cash register and indicator, the combination, with the operating-keys B, pivoted on fixed centers, and vibrating bar O,extending in proximity to all the keys, of the pinion 0, feeding-rollers m m, and mechanism interposed between the pinion o and bar 0 for actuating the former by the movement of the latter, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a cash register and indicator, the combination of the keys B, pivoted on fixed centers, vibrating bar 0, extending in proximity to all the keys, arm I projecting from said bar, dog K, pinion 0, having the ratchet-hub q, engaged by the dog- K, and the rollers m m, the former having a pinion meshing with pose described.

the pinion 0, substantially as and for the pur- 6. In a cash register and indicator, the combination of the keys B, Vibrating bar 0, arm J, dog K, pinion 0, having the ratchet-hub q, and the pins 1), projecting from its face, the stop-plate L, arranged to engage said pins, and the rollers m m, the former having a pinion meshing with the pinion 0, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. In a cash register and indicator, the combination of the keys B, vibrating bar 0, arm J, dog K, pinion 0, having ratchet-hub q, push-bar M for holding the dog K out of engagement with said hub, and rollers m m, the former having a pinion meshing with the pinion 0, substantially as and for the purpose 40 described.

JOHN H. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

CONRAD RENO, EDWARD REcroR. 

